Example sentences of "[was/were] talking of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were talking of the developed countries , of course , perhaps with North America mainly in mind . |
| 2 | The authorities in Beijing realised that ‘ many college students … suffered serious mental problems because of loneliness or anxiety over their studies or love lives ’ ( CD 23. 2. 1988 ) and several major institutions were talking of the possibility of setting up advisory bodies for students with emotional problems , but few actually existed . |
| 3 | ( Kenny does not add that if we were talking of the perceptions of fish or bees , our judgements might lack the confidence of those made of cats or apes . ) |
| 4 | We were talking of the boys you know one time she used to go with Richard and |
| 5 | When you used that word in our session last week you were talking of the taste of semen . |